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Abihu
A son of Aaron who died with Nadab for offering unauthorised fire before the Lord.
What we know — and how we know it
Bible — stated in scripture (with verse) · 2
Ancient writers — non-biblical testimony · 1
Scholarly — supported scholarly belief · 1
Family & lineage
Tribe & people
BibleOf the tribe of Levi.
Exodus 6:23
Death & legacy
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Ancient writersJosephus recounts the death of Aaron's sons Nadab and Abihu by fire after their unlawful offering. His account merely reworks the Leviticus narrative and is not an independent source.
Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 3.8.7 (§§3.208-209), death of Nadab and Abihu; Loeb Classical Library ed., trans. H. St. J. Thackeray (Harvard University Press). Reworks the Leviticus 10 narrative, not an independent source.
Name & titles
ScholarlyAbihu (אֲבִיהוּא) is usually parsed as "he is (my) father" or "my father is he," the kinship element ab followed by the pronoun hu.
Hebrew onomastic analysis; see the aby- name discussions in BDB and Koehler-Baumgartner (HALOT).
Where in scripture
ExodusLeviticusNumbers1 Chronicles
Exodus 6:23Exodus 24:1Exodus 24:9Exodus 28:1Leviticus 10:1Leviticus 10:2Numbers 3:2Numbers 3:4Numbers 26:60Numbers 26:611 Chronicles 6:31 Chronicles 24:11 Chronicles 24:2